Adjustable in-a-door bed



Oct. l, 1929. c. LOFMAN ADJUSTABLE IN-A-DOOR BED Filed Sept. 19. 1927 H TTo ENE Y Patented Get. l, 1929 UNITED'TSTATES PATENT oI-Flciz CHARLES LorMAN, or Los ANGELES, canrijonnranssrenon To nonnnfrr BROS., A

CORPORATION OF yCALFORNIA ADJUSTABLE infn-noon BED Application rfiled September 19, 1927-; Serial No. 220,521.

My invention relates to the art of bed installation, being more particularly mounting mechanism for a. bed of greater width than a door opening, so that the same may freely pass through such opening into concealed position within a recess.

The principal object of my invention is to produce a bed organization of the classdescribed, er" simple form and construction, by means of which a bed of greater width than a doory opening may be moved therethrough, and in which provision is made for accommodating the position of the bed with respect to the operating mechanism, so that in cases of variation in the position ot a door opening with respect to the room or recess, the bed may be readily shifted on its operating mechanism to accommodate such variations.

Other objects and advantages willappear hereinafter from the following description and the accompanying drawings.

Referring to the drawings, which are for illustrative purposes only,

F ig. 1 is a face view of a door opening, (partly broken away) showing a portion of the bed frame and the manner of mounting same.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view on line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical sectional view through the top rail of the bedfraine and mounting thereon. 1

Fig. 4 is a sectional view on line 4*4 of Fig. 3.

Figures 5 to 8 are diagrammatic sectional plan views showing the bed in different positions with relation to the dooropening.

Fig. 9 is an enlarged sectional view, similar to Fig. 3, showing the bed mounting in connection with the bottom rail 35 of theL bed frame, and

Fig. 10 is a modilied :form in which the bed is set a sufficient distance from the wall to permit the mounting of such bed in connection with the door opening where it is necessary to Swing the door against the wall behind the bed.

Describing more particularly the embodiment of my invention, as shown in the drawings, 11 designates the wall of the room having a dooropening 12 surrounded by a door frame consisting of jambs 13 and 14 and head frame 1,5, a door 16 being hinged to the j amb 14 atene side of said opening. 20 designates a standard, rotatably mounted at its vlower end in a base plate 21, secured to the iioor 22 adjacentgto the ja'mb 13, the upper end of such standard 20 being mounted in a bracket 23 secured in any suitable manner to the wall 11 or` jambh13, as may be desired.

Supported on the standard 20'are upper lower links 24 and 24 respectively, such links beingot greater length than the thickness of the door frame. 26jdesignates a pivot bar having its upper lend -pivotally connected' to the link 24 and its lower end seated in alsocket 27 formed in a clamping member 28 mounted lon the top rail 29 of the bed' frame 30. On the underside of the top rail 29 is a plate 31, secured` to the clamping member 28 by means of bolts 32, .Such bolts` extending throughone set of perforations '33' formed in the top rail 29. The lower rail 35 is connected tothe link 24 by means of a clamping yorganization of the same form as that just described and consisting of a plate 136 which engages the upper tace of the rail :35 anda clamping'mem-- ber 37 which engages the lower :tace of such rail, it being understood thatthe rail 35 is similarly formed to' rail 29 in the respect that' rail 35 is also provided with a plurality of registering sets ot pertorations to receive 'bolts'38 for securing the bottom rail 35 be'- tween the plate 36 and clamping member 37. vThe clamping rmember 37 is supported on a pin-40 mounted in any suitable manner -on the outer end of the link 24.

' 1t will be readily understood rfrom the foregoing description that' the bed frame, when connected to the links 24, 24 as above described, i's entirelyV supported through the medium of thelinks 24 and 24 on the stand- "ard.20,vthat is, when-the bed is in folded position, it being understood that 'when the {bed is in extended or loweredposition, the usual type of folding leg, (not Shown) known to those skilled 'in the art, isused to support the foot of the bed. It will also be understood that by removing the bolts from the clamping members on the top and bottom rails of the bed, the position of the bed with respect to the pivotal member, and consequently to the standard 20, may be varied. For instance: as illustrated in Figures 5 and 6, the bed is shown as centrally connected to the links 24' and 24e to permit the bed to go as far into the recess at one side of the door opening as possible, but in, the case of Figures 7 and 8, Where the space in the recess or closet at one side of the door opening is greater than that shown in Figures 5 and 6,-by changing the position of the bed connection with the links to one side of the center of the bed, the bed may be moved almost entirely to one side of the opening into the recess, as shown in Fig. 8.

In the form shown in Fig. l0, the links 24 and 24: are of greater length than the j thickness of the walls plus the thickness of the door, so that when the bed is moved into the room, suiiicient space remains behind the bed to accommodate the door illustrated at 42.

What I claim is:

1. A supporting mechanism for folding beds comprising a bed frame, a supporting member rotatably mounted within a door opening, upper and lower links mounted on said supporting member, a pivot bar pivot; ally mounted on said upper link and extending substantially to an upper cross rail of said bed frame, means on said pivot bar for adjustably engaging the upper rail of said bed frame, and means on said lower link for adjustably supporting a lower rail of said bed frame thereon.

2. A supporting mechanism for folding beds comprising a bed frame, a supporting member rotatably mounted within a door opening, upper and lower links mounted on said supporting member, a pivot bar pivotally mounted on said upper link, a clamp.- ing member on the lower end of said pivot bar engaging an upper cross rail of said bed frame, a plate cooperating with said bolts extending through selected perforations in said rails.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at Los Angeles, California,` this 13 day of Sept., 1927.

CHARLES LOFMAN.

clamping member to receive said bed rail therebetween, bolts mounted in said clamping member Aand plate extending through se.- lected perforations of a series of perfora- 'aaons in said rail and means on said lower link for adjustably clamping the lower cross rail of said bed frame therebetween.

3. A supporting mechanism for folding beds comprising a bed trame, a supporting member rotatably mounted within a door opening, upper and lower links mounted on said supporting member, a pivot bar pivot-` ally mounted on said upper link, clamping members and plates associated with the lower end of said pivot member and the lower link to engage cross bedrails of said bed frame therebetween, said bed rails having a series of perforations therein, and bolts mounted on said clamping members and plates, said ico 

